Megan E. Young, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Megan Young is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Geriatrics at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM). She received her MD degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She then went on to complete a primary care residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and a clinician-educator fellowship in Geriatrics at Boston University. She is currently an Assistant Dean in the office of student affairs and the clerkship director for a 4-week required rotation in geriatrics. Clinically she provides home base primary care to frail elders in the community surrounding Boston Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 1/29/2024

    Reidy JA, Brizzi K, Chan SH, Day H, Epstein SK, Fischer M, Garg PS, Gosline A, Jaramillo C, Livne E, Mitchell S, Morgan S, Olmsted MW, Stebbins P, Stumpf I, Vesel T, Yeh IM, Young ME, Goldman RE. Curricular Reform in Serious Illness Communication and Palliative Care: Using Medical Students' Voices to Guide Change. Acad Med. 2024 May 01; 99(5):550-557. PMID: 38277443.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/13/2024

    Morgan S, Pasco JC, Demers L, Young ME, Jindal SK. Combating ageism in medical education with narrative medicine. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2025; 46(1):5-16. PMID: 38217514.

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  • Published 1/1/2024

    Chippendale, R, Cetrone E, Young, M. Teaching Geriatrics Through Home Visits in Schwartz, AW, Ed., Medical Education in Geriatrics: Strategies for teaching the care of older adults. Springer Publishing. Springer Publishing. 2024.

  • Published 11/17/2023

    Reidy JA, Chan SH, Boelitz KM, Chavez M, Clark MA, Epstein SK, Gosline A, Healy R, Livne E, Peirce H, Schaefer KG, Streid J, Vesel T, Young ME, Zehm A, Garg PS. A Call to Action: Using Curriculum Mapping at Four Medical Schools in Massachusetts to Advance Serious Illness Communication Training in Undergraduate Medical Education. J Palliat Med. 2024 Jan; 27(1):39-46. PMID: 37976143.

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  • Published 11/6/2023

    Sinvani L, Karris M, Young ME, Farrell TW. Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Special Interest Group: Cultivating a growing community of Geriatrics leaders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar; 72(3):961-964. PMID: 37929339.

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Other Positions

  • Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Pritzker School of Medicine, MD
  • Mount Holyoke College, BA

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